Cheiradenia

Cheiradenia cuspidata fig. I

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Cheiradenia
Species: C. cuspidata

Name

Cheiradenia Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 1 (1853)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1853. Folia Orchidacea. Cheiradenia 4: 1.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 474 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cheiradenia. Accessed: 2021 May 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cheiradenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cheiradenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cheiradenia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cheiradenia. Published online. Accessed: 1 May 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cheiradenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 May 2021. Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: كيرادينيا
перем коми: Хейрадения
мокшень: Хейрадение
кырык мары: Хейрадени

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